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The city of Ankara lies in the centre of Anatolia on the eastern edge of the great, high Anatolian Plateau, at an altitude of 850m. With its yellow wheat fields, young volcanoes and infinite steppe, the plateau offers a stern landscape though a look at it...

Erzurum, containing a highly qualified ski resort, is like a haven for winter sport lovers who would like to ski for eight months on steep slopes carpeted by fine snow. Erzurum, the largest city in eastern Anatolia, is sprawled over a high plateau at an a...

Burdur has ruins from many civilizations, revealing a true combination of various aesthetic tastes. Burdur preserves excellent examples of Ottoman regional architecture, in particular the Taşoda (now the Ethnography Museum), Kocaoda (also known as Çelikba...

Anatolia is home to some of the most ancient artistic traditions of anywhere in the world. Many of these arts date back well before anything we'd recognize as modern civilization, and indeed some may be as old as written history itself. Anatolian motifs h...

Selfies have become an essential part of travel, and as a result they’ve become an equally essential part of Istanbul! It’s now considered the ultimate travel photo, and you’ve got to show just how incredible your trip is across Instagram, Facebook, Twitt...

No trip to Turkey is complete without a trip to the bazaar. But most tourists see nothing more than the Grand Bazaar and perhaps the Spice Bazaar in Istanbul, which are specialty bazaars and don’t have much in common with the weekly bazaars you see in eve...

You travel to Turkey for so many reasons. The history literally dates back to the origins of civilization itself, the beaches and seas are some of the world’s best, the cuisine is delicious, the people display incredible hospitality. Paragliding allows yo...

1. Saying goodbye can be an hour-long affair. "It's up to the guest when they arrive, but it's up to the host when they leave." In a culture where hosting guests is a great honour, your host doesn’t let you out of the house that easily. On an evening visi...

The Grand Bazaar is situated in İstanbul, the biggest city of Turkey, and its history goes back to mid-15th century, the era of Sultan Mehmet II, the Conqueror. The waqf system (the charitable trust of Islamic law) has been the mainstay of public institut...

Straddling the Bosphorus Strait between Europe and Asia, Istanbul is etched with thousands of years of history, bearing the marks of the Ancient Greeks, Persians, Romans, Byzantines, Turks, and Silk Road traders who’ve lived here over the centuries. When ...